Here's hoping the Steam version is longr than 5 minutes, it would be a shame to make such a good game so short
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Hickory's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #3 | 4.611 | 4.611 |
| Artwork | #10 | 4.836 | 4.836 |
| Narrative | #55 | 4.369 | 4.369 |
| Creativity | #449 | 4.236 | 4.236 |
| Enjoyment | #534 | 3.965 | 3.965 |
Ranked from 1135 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
In Hickory, time slows down as the clock counts down and you must complete tasks to prevent the slowing of time. Also, the game takes place in a clocktower!
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
See description for full credits
(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Second Fiddle Studio
Comments
Your overall rank is 13 in GMTK Game Jam 2026! Congrats!
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ITS LIKE THE AMONG US TASK!
Well polished and well designed game, gorgeous art work and incredible music, I love navigating to different floors to see what I had to fix, I also enjoyed the behind the scenes bit and the process of making a game with such a big team! I can see how this game scored so highly and have so many rating at the same time, well done!
This is the game I was rooting for. Hoping to see it in top marks.
It's mind-blowing, it feels like a complete game, not a game jam entry
Absolute Game
Are we attend to same jam? It is a honor to being in same jam with this game.
How the hell you were able to do this in 96 hours? How?
This is well done! I think its my first 5/5 in all categories and general presentation.
The world building at the start, the little flavor, the nice composition of elements. I love the characters and tiny snippets of personality to each individual. Also screw the rats, never wanted to chase and bash in a while lol.
I enjoyed it thoroughly and the checkpoint system is well integrated. Making failure tolerable and a platform for continuing the battle further. The final boss felt like a nice finale, although I do wish that controlling the board and keeping the region clear of fixes or mouses would have some reward, rather than going for complete focus on the boss and only going through and fixing when time is running out. Mainly as a reward and encouragement for the player's mastery of fixing so far.
The audio is not only good but also dynamic, as it slowing down as the timer reaches 0. I love just the compositions and emotions and movements through the music, and definitely something ill check out again later.
I love the incorporation of the theme in its art, setting, main mechanics, and the timer, it's a countdown to try to get the clock tower as stable as possible after all!
Other than that, there may be a few things that might be adjusted, but they feel like nitpicks (like shading on the pipes type level of adjustments lol).
I've got [46 mins remaining.] but I knew I had to stop by and rate this, thank you for creating such a wonderful piece for the game jam! I'm glad to see this here!
This is one of the best games I've played so far during the game jam, and it's utterly surprising that all of this was done during the short period of time.
All parts of the game was satisfying and loved!
I absolutely loved the game’s art style and presentation. The storytelling, characters, and introduction all feel like they belong in a much larger game.
It’s also very polished and I didn’t come across any bugs or rough edges during my playthrough.
Overall, I think it’s an excellent game!
Great job!
Incredible game! the artwork is gorgeous and the music is incredible!! one of my favourites from this jam
This is a very impressive game, you and your team did a fantastic job on this! The presentation is wonderful (narrative, visuals and audio). If I could ask for one thing, it would be to make the hit box for the rats a little larger so you don’t have to be so close to hit them. Otherwise fantastic polish on a very charming game!
A bit difficult, but this game was really good. Nice work on this thing
I mean there's just nothing to say... this feels like a niche Nintendo DS that you try to recommend to everyone you know (this is the biggest compliment I can give).
This is such an elegant and amazing concept for a mini game collection, the amount of polish is insane.
Kudos to the artists, this game is simply gorgeous and the soundtrack is simply masterful.
I am beyond impressed.







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